When Full-bodied Bay During Rounding

#74bdb3 RGB(116,189,179)

About this color

When Full-bodied Bay During Rounding is a moderate, medium cyan tone, fixed at #74bdb3 in the RGB color space.

#74bdb3RGB(116, 189, 179)

HSL 172° · 36% saturation · 60% lightness

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Psychology

Mid cyan is strongly associated with technology, precision, and a certain crisp modernity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

Practically, this medium cyan is comfortable as interactive elements, tags, badges, and highlight states. It has enough saturation to register clearly without straining extended-reading contexts.

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Colour pairings

For palette building, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
When Full-bodied Bay During Rounding
HEX
#74bdb3
RGB
rgb(116,189,179)
RGB%
rgb(45.5%,74.1%,70.2%)
HSL
hsl(172,36%,60%)
HSV
hsv(172,39%,74%)
CMYK
cmyk(39,0,5,26)
LAB
lab(72,-25,-2)
LCH
lch(72,25,185)
sRGB
(0.455,0.741,0.702)
HEX8
#74bdb3ff
CSS Name
Decimal
116189179

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Color info

Lightness
60%
Saturation
36%
Hue
172°
Chroma
25
Temperature
WarmCool
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